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viewing a file while it's being written to

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paul1210

paul1210

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May 10, 2002
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How do I view a file and watch it being written to?

So if I open my access_log file I will see it adding lines as people visit my websites on-the-fly as it were?

thanks in advance,

paul
 
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tail -f <filename>

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IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
 
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